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Dearest creature<\/I> in creation<\/DIV><\/I>
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Learning<\/U> English pronunciation<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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I will teach you in my verse<\/DIV><\/I>
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Sounds like corpse<\/I>, corps<\/I>, horse<\/I> and worse<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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I will keep you, Susy<\/I>, busy<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Make your head<\/I> with heat<\/I> grow dizzy;<\/DIV>
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Tear<\/I> in eye, your dress you’ll tear<\/I>;<\/DIV>
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Queer<\/I>, fair seer<\/I>, hear<\/I> my prayer<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Pray<\/STRONG><\/I>, console your loving poet<\/I>,<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Make my coat look new<\/I>, dear, sew<\/I> it<\/I>!<\/STRONG>  10<\/DIV>
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Just compare heart<\/I>, hear<\/I> and heard<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Dies<\/I> and diet<\/I>, lord<\/I> and word<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Sword<\/STRONG><\/I> and sward<\/I>, retain<\/I> and Britain<\/DIV><\/I>
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(Mind the latter how it’s written<\/I>).<\/DIV>
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Made<\/I> has not the sound of bade<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Say<\/I>—said<\/I>, pay<\/I>—paid<\/I>, laid<\/I> but plaid<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Now I surely will not plague you<\/DIV><\/I>
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With such words as vague<\/I> and ague<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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But be careful how you speak<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Say: gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak, <\/EM> 20 <\/EM><\/DIV>
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Previous, precious, fuchsia, via<\/I> <\/DIV>
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Recipe, pipe, studding-sail<\/STRONG>, choir;  <!– stunsail, but is that “sull” or “sail”? –><\/DIV><\/I>
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Woven<\/I>, oven<\/I>, how<\/I> and low<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Script<\/I>, receipt<\/I>, shoe<\/I>, poem<\/I>, toe<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Say, expecting fraud and trickery<\/I>:<\/DIV>
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Daughter<\/I>, laughter<\/I> and Terpsichore<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Branch, ranch, measles<\/I>, topsails<\/STRONG><\/I>, aisles<\/I>,  <!– “sulls”? –><\/DIV>
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Missiles<\/I>, similes<\/I>, reviles<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Wholly<\/I>, holly<\/I>, signal<\/I>, signing<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Same<\/STRONG><\/I>,<\/STRONG> examining<\/I>, but mining<\/I>,   30<\/DIV>
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Scholar<\/I>, vicar<\/I>, and cigar<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Solar<\/I>, mica<\/I>, war<\/I> and far<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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From “desire”: desirable<\/I>—admirable<\/I> from “admire”,<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Lumber<\/I>, plumber<\/I>, bier<\/I>, but brier<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Topsham<\/I>, brougham<\/I>, renown<\/I>, but known<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Knowledge<\/I>, done<\/I>, lone<\/I>, gone<\/I>, none<\/I>, tone<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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One<\/I>, anemone<\/I>, Balmoral<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Kitchen<\/I>, lichen<\/I>, laundry<\/I>, laurel<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Gertrude<\/I>, German<\/I>, wind<\/I> and wind<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Beau, kind, kindred, queue<\/I>, mankind<\/STRONG><\/I>,   40<\/DIV>
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Tortoise<\/I>, turquoise<\/I>, chamois-leather<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Reading, Reading<\/I>, heathen<\/I>, heather<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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This phonetic labyrinth<\/DIV>
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Gives moss<\/I>, gross<\/I>, brook<\/I>, brooch<\/I>, ninth<\/I>, plinth<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Have you ever yet endeavoured<\/DIV><\/I>
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To pronounce revered<\/I> and severed<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Demon, lemon, ghoul, foul, soul,<\/DIV>
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Peter, petrol <\/I>and patrol<\/I>?<\/DIV>
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Billet<\/I> does not end like ballet<\/I>;<\/DIV>
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Bouquet<\/I>, wallet<\/I>, mallet<\/I>, chalet<\/I>.   50<\/DIV>
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Blood<\/I> and flood<\/I> are not like food<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Nor is mould<\/I> like should<\/I> and would<\/STRONG><\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Banquet<\/I> is not nearly parquet<\/STRONG><\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Which exactly rhymes with khaki<\/I><\/STRONG>.<\/DIV>
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Discount<\/I>, viscount<\/I>, load<\/I> and broad<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Toward<\/I>, to forward<\/I>, to reward<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Ricocheted,<\/I> crocheting<\/I>, croquet<\/I>?<\/DIV>
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Right! Your pronunciation’s OK.<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Rounded<\/I>, wounded<\/I>, grieve<\/I> and sieve<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Friend<\/I> and fiend<\/I>, alive<\/I> and live<\/I>.   60<\/DIV>
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Is your r<\/STRONG> correct in higher<\/I>?<\/DIV>
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Keats asserts it rhymes Thalia<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Hugh<\/I>, but hug<\/I>, and hood<\/I>, but hoot<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Buoyant<\/I>, minute<\/I>, but minute<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Say abscission<\/I> with precision<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Now: position<\/I> and transition<\/I>;<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Would it tally with my rhyme<\/DIV><\/I><\/STRONG>
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If I mentioned paradigm<\/I>? <\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Twopence, threepence<\/STRONG>, tease<\/I> are easy<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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But cease, crease, grease<\/I> and greasy<\/I>? <\/STRONG> 70 <!– +crevasse? –><\/DIV>
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Cornice, nice, valise, revise,<\/DIV>
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Rabies,<\/I> but<\/STRONG> lullabies<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Of such puzzling words as nauseous<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Rhyming well with cautious, tortious<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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You’ll envelop<\/I> lists, I hope,<\/DIV>
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In a linen envelope<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Would you like some more? You’ll have it<\/I>!<\/DIV>
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Affidavit, David, davit<\/I>. <\/DIV>
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To abjure<\/I>, to perjure<\/I>. Sheik<\/DIV><\/I>
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Does not sound like Czech<\/I> but ache<\/I>. 80<\/DIV>
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Liberty<\/I>, library<\/I>, heave<\/I> and heaven<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Rachel<\/I>, loch<\/I>, moustache<\/I>, eleven<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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We say hallowed<\/I>, but allowed<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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People<\/I>, leopard<\/I>, towed<\/I> but vowed<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Mark the difference, moreover,<\/DIV>
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Between mover<\/I>, plover<\/I>, Dover<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Leeches<\/I>, breeches<\/I>, wise<\/I>, precise<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Chalice<\/I>, but police<\/I> and lice<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Camel<\/I>, constable<\/I>, unstable<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Principle<\/I>, disciple<\/I>, label<\/I>.   90<\/DIV>
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Petal<\/I>, penal<\/I>, and canal<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Wait<\/I>, surmise<\/I>, plait<\/I>, promise<\/I>, pal<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Suit<\/I>, suite<\/I>, ruin<\/I>. Circuit<\/I>, conduit<\/DIV><\/I>
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Rhyme with “shirk it” and “beyond it”,<\/DIV>
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But it is not hard to tell<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Why it’s pall<\/I>, mall<\/I>, but Pall<\/I> Mall<\/I><\/STRONG>.<\/DIV>
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Muscle<\/I>, muscular<\/I>, gaol<\/I>, iron<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Timber<\/I>, climber<\/I>, bullion<\/I>, lion,<\/DIV>
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Worm<\/I> and storm<\/I>, chaise<\/I>, chaos<\/I>, chair<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Senator<\/I>, spectator<\/I>, mayor<\/I>,   100<\/DIV>
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Ivy<\/I>, privy<\/I>, famous<\/I>; clamour<\/DIV><\/I>
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Has the a<\/STRONG> of drachm<\/I> and hammer<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Pussy<\/I>, hussy<\/I> and possess<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Desert<\/I>, but desert<\/I>, address<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Golf<\/I>, wolf<\/I>, countenance<\/I>, lieutenants<\/DIV><\/I>
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Hoist in lieu<\/I> of flags left pennants<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Courier, courtier, tomb<\/I>, bomb<\/I>, comb<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Cow<\/I>, but Cowper<\/STRONG>,<\/I> some<\/I> and home<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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“Solder, soldier<\/I>! <\/I>Blood is thicker<\/I>“,<\/DIV>
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Quoth he, “than liqueur<\/I> or liquor<\/I>“,  110<\/DIV>
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Making, it is sad but true<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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In bravado<\/EM>, much ado<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Stranger<\/I> does not rhyme with anger<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Neither does devour<\/I> with clangour<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Pilot, pivot, gaunt<\/I>, but aunt<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Font<\/I>, front<\/I>, wont<\/STRONG><\/I>, want<\/I>, grand<\/I> and grant<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Arsenic, specific, scenic,<\/DIV>
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Relic, rhetoric, hygienic<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Gooseberry<\/STRONG>, goose<\/I>, and close<\/I>, but close<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Paradise, rise, rose<\/I>, and dose<\/I>.   120<\/DIV>
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Say inveigh, neigh<\/I>, but inveigle<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Make the latter rhyme with eagle<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Mind!<\/STRONG> Meandering<\/I> but mean<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Valentine<\/I> and magazine<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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And I bet you, dear, a penny<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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You say mani<\/I>-(fold) like many<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Which is wrong. Say rapier, pier,<\/DIV><\/I>
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Tier<\/I> (one who ties), but tier<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Arch, archangel<\/I>; pray, does erring<\/DIV><\/I>
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Rhyme with herring<\/I> or with stirring<\/I>?  130<\/DIV>
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Prison, bison, treasure trove,<\/DIV>
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Treason, hover, cover, cove,<\/DIV>
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Perseverance<\/STRONG>, severance<\/I>. Ribald<\/DIV><\/I>
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Rhymes, unlike piebald,<\/EM><\/U> <\/EM>with nibbled<\/EM>.<\/DIV>
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Phaeton, paean, gnat, ghat<\/STRONG>, gnaw,<\/DIV><\/I>
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Psychic, lien, shone, bone, pshaw<\/STRONG><\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Don’t be down<\/I>, my own<\/I>, but rough it<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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And distinguish buffet<\/I>, buffet<\/I>;<\/DIV>
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Brood, stood, roof, rook, school, wool, boon,<\/DIV><\/I>
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Worcester, Boleyn<\/STRONG>, to <\/STRONG>impugn<\/I>.   140  <!– what about Worcestershire? –><\/DIV>
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Say in sounds correct and sterling<\/DIV>
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Hearse, hear, hearken, year<\/I> and yearling<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Evil, devil, mezzotint<\/STRONG>,<\/DIV><\/I>
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Mind the z! (A gentle hint.)<\/DIV>
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Now you need not pay attention<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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To such sounds as I don’t mention,<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Sounds like pores, pause, pours <\/I>and paws<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Rhyming with the pronoun yours.<\/U><\/I><\/DIV>
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Nor are proper names <\/STRONG>included<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Though I often heard<\/STRONG>, as you did<\/I>,  150<\/DIV>
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Funny rhymes to unicorn<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Yes, you know them<\/STRONG>, Vaughan<\/I> and Strachan<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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No, my maiden, <\/STRONG>coy and comely<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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I don’t want to speak of<\/STRONG> Cholmondeley<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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No. Yet Froude<\/STRONG><\/I> compared with proud<\/DIV><\/I>
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Is no better than McLeod<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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But mind <\/STRONG>trivial<\/I> and vial<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Tripod, menial, denial<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Troll<\/I> and trolley<\/I>, realm<\/I> and ream<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Schedule, mischief, schism, <\/I>and scheme<\/I>.  160<\/DIV>
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Argil, gill, <\/STRONG>Argyll, gill. Surely<\/STRONG><\/DIV><\/I>
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May be made to rhyme with Raleigh<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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But you’re not supposed to say<\/DIV>
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Piquet<\/STRONG><\/I> rhymes with sobriquet<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Had this invalid invalid<\/DIV><\/I><\/STRONG>
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Worthless documents? How pallid<\/I>,<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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How uncouth<\/I> he, couchant<\/I>, looked,<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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When for Portsmouth<\/I> I had booked!<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Zeus, Thebes, Thales, Aphrodite<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Paramour, enamoured, flighty<\/I>,   170<\/DIV>
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Episodes, antipodes,<\/DIV>
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Acquiesce<\/I>, and obsequies<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Please don’t monkey with <\/STRONG>the geyser<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Don’t peel ‘taters with <\/STRONG>my razor<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Rather say in accents pure<\/EM>:<\/DIV>
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Nature, stature <\/I>and mature<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Pious, impious<\/STRONG>, limb, climb, glumly,<\/DIV>
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Worsted<\/STRONG>, worsted, crumbly, dumbly,<\/DIV>
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Conquer, conquest, vase, phase, fan,<\/DIV><\/I>
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Wan, sedan<\/I> and artisan<\/I>.    180<\/DIV>
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The th<\/STRONG> will surely trouble you<\/DIV><\/I>
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More than r<\/STRONG>, ch<\/STRONG> or w<\/STRONG><\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Say then these phonetic gems<\/I>:<\/DIV>
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Thomas, thyme, Theresa, Thames.<\/DIV>
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Thompson, Chatham, Waltham, Streatham,<\/DIV><\/I>
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There are more but I forget ’em<\/I>—<\/DIV>
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Wait! I’ve got it: Anthony<\/STRONG><\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Lighten your anxiety.<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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 <\/EM>With and forthwith<\/I>, one has voice,<\/STRONG>
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One has not, you make your choice.<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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The archaic word albeit<\/DIV><\/I>
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Does not rhyme with eight<\/I>—you see it<\/I><\/STRONG>;  190<\/DIV>
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Shoes, goes, does<\/I>. <\/DIV>
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                               Now first say: finger<\/I>;<\/DIV>
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Then say: singer<\/STRONG>, ginger, linger<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Real<\/I>, zeal<\/I>, mauve, gauze<\/I> and gauge<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Marriage<\/I>, foliage<\/I>, mirage<\/I>, age,<\/DIV>
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Hero, heron, query, very<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Parry, tarry fury, bury,<\/DIV><\/I>
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Dost<\/I>, lost<\/I>, post<\/I>, and doth<\/I>, cloth<\/I>, loth<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Job<\/I>, Job<\/I>, blossom<\/I>, bosom<\/I>, oath<\/I>.    200<\/DIV>
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Faugh<\/STRONG>, oppugnant<\/I>, keen oppugners<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Bowing<\/I>, bowing<\/I>, banjo-tuners<\/DIV><\/I>
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Holm<\/STRONG><\/I> you know, but noes, canoes<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Puisne<\/STRONG><\/I>, truism<\/I>, use<\/I>, to use<\/I>?<\/DIV>
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Though the difference seems little<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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We say actual<\/I>, but victual<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Seat<\/I>, sweat<\/I>, chaste<\/I>, caste<\/I>, Leigh<\/I>, eight<\/I>, height<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Put<\/I>, nut<\/I>, granite<\/I>, and unite<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Reefer<\/I> does not rhyme with deafer<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Feoffer <\/I>does, and zephyr<\/I>, heifer<\/I>.   210<\/DIV>
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Dull<\/I>, bull<\/I>, Geoffrey<\/I>, George<\/I>, ate<\/I>, late<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Hint<\/I>, pint<\/I>, senate<\/I>, but sedate<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Gaelic<\/I>, Arabic<\/I>, pacific<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Science<\/I>, conscience<\/I>, scientific<\/I>;<\/DIV>
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Tour<\/I>, but our, dour, succour<\/I>, four<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Gas<\/I>, alas<\/I>, and Arkansas<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Say manoeuvre, yacht<\/I> and vomit<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Next omit<\/I>, which differs from it<\/EM>.<\/DIV>
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Bona fide, alibi,<\/DIV>
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Gyrate, dowry<\/I> and awry<\/I>.   220<\/DIV>
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Sea<\/I>, idea<\/I>, guinea<\/I>, area<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Psalm<\/I>, Maria<\/I>, but malaria<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Youth<\/I>, south<\/I>, southern<\/I>, cleanse<\/I> and clean<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Doctrine<\/I>, turpentine<\/I>, marine<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Compare alien<\/I> with Italian<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Dandelion<\/I> with battalion<\/I>, <\/I><\/DIV>
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Rally<\/I> with ally<\/I>; yea<\/I>, ye<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Eye<\/I>, I<\/I>, ay<\/I>, aye<\/I>, whey<\/I>, key<\/I>, quay<\/I>!<\/DIV>
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Say aver<\/I>, but ever<\/I>, fever<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Neither<\/I>, leisure<\/I>, skein<\/I>, receiver<\/I>.   230<\/DIV>
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Never guess—it is not safe<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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We say calves<\/I>, valves<\/I>, half<\/I>, but Ralf<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Starry,<\/I> granary<\/I>, canary<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Crevice<\/I>, but device<\/I>, and eyrie<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Face<\/I>, but preface<\/I>, then grimace<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Phlegm<\/I>, phlegmatic<\/I>, ass<\/I>, glass<\/I>, bass<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Bass<\/STRONG><\/I>, large<\/I>, target<\/I>, gin<\/I>, give<\/I>, verging<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Ought<\/I>, oust,<\/I> joust<\/I>, and scour<\/I>, but scourging<\/I>;<\/DIV>
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Ear<\/I>, but earn<\/I>; and ere<\/I> and tear<\/DIV><\/I>
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Do not rhyme with here<\/I> but heir<\/I>.   240<\/DIV>
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Mind the o of off<\/I> and often<\/STRONG><\/DIV><\/I>
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Which may be pronounced as orphan<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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With the sound of saw<\/I> and sauce<\/I>;<\/DIV>
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Also soft, lost, cloth<\/I> and cross<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Pudding, puddle, putting<\/I>. Putting<\/I>?<\/DIV>
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Yes: at golf it rhymes with shutting<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Respite, spite, consent, resent.<\/DIV>
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Liable<\/I>, but Parliament<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Seven<\/I> is right, but so is even<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Hyphen<\/I>, roughen<\/I>, nephew<\/I>, Stephen<\/I>,   250<\/DIV>
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Monkey<\/I>, donkey<\/I>, clerk<\/I> and jerk<\/I>, <\/DIV>
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Asp<\/I>, grasp<\/I>, wasp<\/I>, demesne<\/I>, cork<\/I>, work<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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A of valour, vapid vapour,<\/DIV><\/I>
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S of news<\/I> (compare newspaper<\/I>), <\/DIV>
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G of gibbet, gibbon, gist,<\/DIV><\/I>
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I of antichrist<\/I> and grist<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Differ like diverse<\/I> and divers<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Rivers, strivers, shivers, fivers<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Once<\/I>, but nonce, toll, doll, <\/I>but roll<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Polish, Polish, poll <\/I>and poll<\/I>.      260<\/DIV>
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Pronunciation—think of Psyche<\/I>!—<\/DIV>
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Is a paling, stout and spiky<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Won’t it make you lose your wits<\/DIV><\/I>
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Writing groats<\/I> and saying ‘grits’?<\/DIV>
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It’s a dark abyss<\/I> or tunnel<\/DIV><\/I>
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Strewn with stones like rowlock<\/I>, gunwale<\/I>, <!– rollock, gunnel –><\/DIV>
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Islington<\/I>, and Isle<\/I> of Wight<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Housewife<\/STRONG><\/I>, verdict<\/I> and indict<\/I>.<\/DIV>
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Don’t you think so, reader, rather<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Saying lather<\/I>, bather<\/I>, father<\/I>?   270<\/DIV>
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Finally, which rhymes with enough<\/I>,<\/DIV>
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Though<\/I>, through<\/I>, bough<\/I>, cough<\/I>, hough<\/I>, sough, tough<\/I>??<\/DIV>
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Hiccough<\/I> has the sound of  sup <\/EM>…<\/DIV>
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My advice is: GIVE IT UP<\/STRONG>!<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dearest creature in creation Learning English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse. I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy; Tear in eye, your dress you’ll tear; Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.   Pray, console your loving poet, Make my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-692","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/longestnow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/longestnow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/longestnow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/longestnow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/longestnow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/longestnow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/longestnow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}